ASSIGNMENT 2

 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Due Week 6: 240 points

As you continue your consulting role, the next task is to deliver a professional development program to the CEO of your chosen organization.

It is important that your program’s proposal be based on your research of emotional intelligence (EI) and specifically detail how a new incentive program, based on an EI management approach, will:

▪ fosterteamwork,

▪ strengtheninterpersonalrelationships,

▪ enhancecommunication,

▪ increase overall performance,and

▪ benefitnotonlymanagersbutthebottom-line.

INSTRUCTIONS

Create a double-spaced 5 to 7 page proposal that includes the following components:

1) EI and Motivation

• Which of the EI building blocks would impact management’s ability to

enhance employee performance and job satisfaction?

• Based on your research on motivational theory, describe how you would utilize positive or negative reinforcement to influence the members of the organization and resolve the issue. Provide examples to support yoursolution.

2) EI and Social Skills and Decision Making

• Explain how the core concepts of emotional intelligence would

enhance the social skills and the decision-making efficacy of the management team.

3) Effective Teams

• Describe the core attributes of an effective team and the strategies

you would implement to develop team dynamics that will benefit the organization.

4) Reward Systems

• Create an effective reward system for this organization. Determine

the strategies you would incorporate to motivate employees and influence behavior.

5) References and Citations

• Provide at least 2 quality resources.

• In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.

6) Formatting and Writing Standards

• Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade. Align your

formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards.

                                                                                 *Grading for this assignment will be based on the following criteria and evaluation standards:

   POINTS: 240

ASSIGNMENT 2: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROPOSAL

                  Criteria

Exemplary 100% – A

Proficient 85% – B

Fair 75% – C

Unacceptable 0% – F

                 1. EI and Motivation

Weight: 20%

Fully describes how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Draws compelling, logical connections between theory and solution. Examples are strong and support solution.

Satisfactorily describes how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Makes logical connections between theory and solution. Examples support solution.

Partially describes how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Makes loose connections between theory and solution. Examples do not fully support solution.

The description does not address how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Examples are not provided.

                 2. EI and Social Skills and Decision Making

Weight: 20%

Fully describes how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Draws compelling, logical connections between theory and solution. Examples are strong and support solution.

Satisfactorily describes how motivation and reinforcement would be used to influence members of the organization to resolve the issue. Makes logical connections between theory and solution. Examples support solution.

Partially explains how core concepts of emotional intelligence would enhance the social skills and the decision-making efficacy of the management team. Loose connections are made to support the relationship between EI and management’s skills. Application of research is minimal.

The description does not explain how the core concepts of emotional intelligence would enhance the social skills and the decision-making efficacy of the management team.

                 3. Effective Teams

Weight 25%

Completely describes the core attributes of an effective team. Strategies to develop team dynamics are strongly articulated and detailed. Benefits to the organization are logical and well supported.

Satisfactorily describes the core attributes of an effective team. Strategies to develop team dynamics are articulated. Benefits to the organization are stated. Additional details and source support would improve the description.

Partially describes the core attributes of an effective team. Strategies to develop team dynamics lack details and source support or are not fully articulated. Benefits to the organization are unclear.

Does not describe the core attributes of an effective team or strategies to develop team dynamics. Benefits to organization are not presented.

                 4. Reward Systems

Weight 20%

Creates an effective reward system and articulates well- thoughtout strategies to motivate employees to influence behavior. The connection between strategy and influence is strong and supported by source material.

Creates an effective reward system and provides motivational strategies. Details and source material support how behavior would be influenced.

Partially creates an effective reward system and articulates some motivational strategies. Supporting details are given but could be expanded to describe how behavior would be influenced. Application of research is minimal.

Did not create an effective reward system or determine strategies to motivate employees to influence behavior.

                 5. Reference minimums; Reference quality

Weight 5%

Meets or exceeds numberof required references; all references high quality choices.

Meets number of required references; some references maybe poor qualitychoices.

Does not meet the required number of references; some references may be poor quality choices.

No references provided or all references poor quality choices.

                 6. Follows writing standards; Meetspage minimums

Weight 10%

Followed all writing standards.

Met page minimums.

Followed most writing standards.

Met page minimums.

Followed few writing standards.

May not have met page minimums.

Followed few to no writing standards.

Did not meet page minimums.